Softline International

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Softline International
Private
Industry IT Consulting
Cloud computing
Software distribution
Computer software
Founded Moscow, Russia (1993)
Founder Igor Borovikov
Headquarters Moscow
Revenue Increase >900 mil. $ in 2014 FY
Number of employees
>1900 (2012)
Website Softline Russia
Softline Group in English

Softline is a leading global IT (information technology) service and solution provider operating in different markets all around the world including Russia and CIS, Latin America, India and Asia. The company is headquartered in Moscow and operates in 28 countries, and in 81 offices worldwide.

Softline History

History and Company Development

Softline Company was founded in 1993 by Igor Borovikov in Russia. Ten people worked at Company and they were involved in provision of scientific software. In 1995 Softline obtained its first status and have become therefore an authorized partner of Microsoft. The following years were marked by the staff expansion, by increase of trade turnover and launch of new projects. So, in 1999 Softline starts launching its monthly catalogue of Software called Softline-direct; in 2001 Softline opens its Training center Softline (edu.softline.ru) and consulting orientation. In 2004 a co-project is launched by Softline and Microsoft – Solution Center Microsoft.

In 2007-2009 went for the Company under the badge of expansion of regional offices chain in Russia, and also development of Softline business in the countries of near abroad and far abroad: offices are opened in Georgia, Mongolia, Belarus, Turkey, Venezuela, Vietnam.

Starting from the end of 2008, Softline has been an official partner of Microsoft Company within the promotion program for start-ups Bizpark within which the opportunity is granted to startups-beginners to obtain the set of Microsoft development tools. In 2009 a product of Softline in-house development – corporate portal DeskWork (www.deskwork.ru) comes to the market of information technologies of Russia and CIS. In the middle of that year Softcloud is organized (cloud.softline.ru) – the cloud subdivision of Company that develops its own partnership network by the program White Label. In 2010 the Company enters the markets of Romania, and Argentina, continuing at the same time to expand regional offices on the Russia territory.

2010 was the year of formation of Service and Solutions Department within Softline (services.softline.ru). The main goal of the Department is to provide a full range of service in all IT-directions: technical support, outsourcing, consulting, services of information security, building of virtual IT-environments, CAD-systems and others. At that time the subdivision Softline Cloud Services (cloud.softline.ru) is actively developed, which mean goal is to promote “cloud model” of Software and to provide qualitative SaaS-servers for the corporate market. At the present time, in the catalogue Solftine Cloud Services, cloud services are provided from the world vendors: Microsoft, Google, Symantec, Trend Micro and others.

Nowadays 1500 employees work at Company. Softline Company has regional offices in 81 cities of 28 world countries.

Owners and management

Company’s Chairman of Board of Directors is Igor Borovikov. He was number 3 in the "Ranking of top leaders in IT" in 2015 by Kommersant.[1]

Education projects of Softline

Web-projects

Development of Software

DeskWork — is the corporate portal of in-house Softline Development, this is a comfortable means of interaction between employees and the means of team work organization at any Company. By 2011 more than 450 Companies and state organizations started using DeskWork in their work.

Venture investment

Corporate investment fund Softline Venture Partners makes venture investments in independent developers of software on the territory of Russia, CIS and other countries where Softline is present.

As part of the work of Softline Venture Partners, 11 projects were invested in: Tekmi, Mirapolis, ActiveCloud, Daripodarki, Magazinga, EZLogin, Client24, Copiny, Smart Start, Apps4All and «Контекстный брокер».[2]

Indices of activities. Statuses of Company

Softline clients

Leading Russian and foreign Companies work with Softline, among which there are leading enterprises of large business: Public Corporation “Gazprom”, Public Corporation “Lukoil”, Public Corporation “GMK Norilskiy Nikel”, Public Corporation “Pivovarennaya Kompania “Baltika”, Coca-Cola, Samsung Electronics, Nestlé, British American Tobacco Plc, Toshiba and over fifty thousand of other companies from the segment of large-, medium- and small-scale business.

Social activities

Activity of Softline position is reflected also in the public work of Company that is oriented toward overall formation of favourable conditions to develop IT-sector in Russia.

Chairman of Board of Directors at Softline Company, Igor Borovikov, is the member of Presidium of OPORA RUSSIA, and heads the committee of OPORA RUSSIA in information technologies. OPORA RUSSIA is an All-Russian public organization of small and medium enterprise. The main goal of the activity is to participate in formation of favorable political, economic, legal and other conditions to develop enterprise activity in the Russian Federation. Divisions of OPORA RUSSIA work in 80 regions of the Russian Federation.

The goal of the committee in IT is establishment of the dialogue between entrepreneurs and representatives of business, scientific spheres, civil community, federal and regional bodies of the government for assistance in formation of favorable social-economic conditions of IT sector development in Russia.

Softline has entered into cooperation with the Skolkovo Foundation. This agreement was announced at a meeting of the Friends Club of the Information Technology Cluster. Within the framework of cooperation, Softline is going to participate in research in the field of strategic computing and software, and in monetization of development results. Top priority will be assigned to the creation of new development and testing tools, innovative information security technologies and cloud computing.[5]

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